// Copyright 2021 The go-ethereum Authors // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . package core import ( crand "crypto/rand" "errors" "math/big" mrand "math/rand" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params" ) // ChainReader defines a small collection of methods needed to access the local // blockchain during header verification. It's implemented by both blockchain // and lightchain. type ChainReader interface { // Config retrieves the header chain's chain configuration. Config() *params.ChainConfig // GetTd returns the total difficulty of a local block. GetTd(common.Hash, uint64) *big.Int } // ForkChoice is the fork chooser based on the highest total difficulty of the // chain(the fork choice used in the eth1) and the external fork choice (the fork // choice used in the eth2). This main goal of this ForkChoice is not only for // offering fork choice during the eth1/2 merge phase, but also keep the compatibility // for all other proof-of-work networks. type ForkChoice struct { chain ChainReader rand *mrand.Rand // preserve is a helper function used in td fork choice. // Miners will prefer to choose the local mined block if the // local td is equal to the extern one. It can be nil for light // client preserve func(header *types.Header) bool } func NewForkChoice(chainReader ChainReader, preserve func(header *types.Header) bool) *ForkChoice { // Seed a fast but crypto originating random generator seed, err := crand.Int(crand.Reader, big.NewInt(math.MaxInt64)) if err != nil { log.Crit("Failed to initialize random seed", "err", err) } return &ForkChoice{ chain: chainReader, rand: mrand.New(mrand.NewSource(seed.Int64())), preserve: preserve, } } // ReorgNeeded returns whether the reorg should be applied // based on the given external header and local canonical chain. // In the td mode, the new head is chosen if the corresponding // total difficulty is higher. In the extern mode, the trusted // header is always selected as the head. func (f *ForkChoice) ReorgNeeded(current *types.Header, extern *types.Header) (bool, error) { var ( localTD = f.chain.GetTd(current.Hash(), current.Number.Uint64()) externTd = f.chain.GetTd(extern.Hash(), extern.Number.Uint64()) ) if localTD == nil || externTd == nil { return false, errors.New("missing td") } // Accept the new header as the chain head if the transition // is already triggered. We assume all the headers after the // transition come from the trusted consensus layer. if ttd := f.chain.Config().TerminalTotalDifficulty; ttd != nil && ttd.Cmp(externTd) <= 0 { return true, nil } // If the total difficulty is higher than our known, add it to the canonical chain if diff := externTd.Cmp(localTD); diff > 0 { return true, nil } else if diff < 0 { return false, nil } // Local and external difficulty is identical. // Second clause in the if statement reduces the vulnerability to selfish mining. // Please refer to http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~ie53/publications/btcProcFC.pdf reorg := false externNum, localNum := extern.Number.Uint64(), current.Number.Uint64() if externNum < localNum { reorg = true } else if externNum == localNum { var currentPreserve, externPreserve bool if f.preserve != nil { currentPreserve, externPreserve = f.preserve(current), f.preserve(extern) } reorg = !currentPreserve && (externPreserve || f.rand.Float64() < 0.5) } return reorg, nil }